A suggestion for France

[misscam]

Since the US is being so busy picking on the French just because they dare oppose the war, I say it's time for a counter-attack. Some Americans even want to dig up WW2 graves of American soilders buried in France to bring them home. That comes on top of boycotts and refusal to eat French food.

So France, here is my suggestion.

You gave America the Statue of Liberty. They obviously no longer wants anything to do with France, so take it back. Tell them 'since you don't want anything of ours, we'll just take that'. Ship it to Europe. We can stick it in the Atlantic facing America, take away the torch and re-arrange the fingers instead.

What do you say, O French?

And some gits are even attacking Hans Blix, claiming he's corrupt and Saddam's toyboy. *shakes head* Normally, I'm all for teasing Swedes, but sod off, you neo conservatives. The man has more dignity in his little finger than Bush jr and Snr has together. Also gotta love the US claiming the UN will be 'irrelevant' if Russia and France use their veto. *coughs* Guess all those times the US used their veto doesn't count (often to protect Israel). They're actually second in most used vetoes, behind Russia/former USSR (since becoming Russia, has hardly used veto at all). This is an interesting tidbit. Hmm-hmmm.

(Yes. I'm on the warpath. I've decided to embrace rage rather than frustration for the moment.)

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And it's a good warpath to be on...

[alice-to-qs-8th.livejournal.com]

Right on Miss Cam!

Screw America. I've never really liked us anyway. We're the playground bully of the world, and I hate it. We hardly ever have a reason for the way we treat others, not that it appears we need one.

As far as taking back the statue, I love the idea. It's a perfect way to show the U.S. government (and Bush) that just cause we think we're hot stuff, doesn't mean the rest of the world has to take our shit.

*sighs* I wish I could afford to move out of country.

Alice

Right on!

[luxtayli.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha! Right on! I like the bit about the finger re-arranging particularly. I, however, like living here... It gives me many chances to do damage from the inside... Also, america is such a great place... In the terms of civil liberties... The culture, however, is screwed.

In any case! Great idea! Am behind it 100%!

"This country was founded on a very basic double standard- it was founded by a group of slave-owners who wanted to be free. A group of *slave-owners* who wanted to be free.. So they killed a bunch of White European people so they could continue owning their Black African people so they could kill off the Red Indian people so they could push further west so they could take the rest of the land from the Brown Mexican people so they could have a place to take off and drop Bombs on the Yellow Japanese people... This country's motto should be 'If you've got a color, we'll wipe it out!"
--George Carlin


_.-~*Luxemberg*~-._

[visp.livejournal.com]

Best idea I've heard so far!

VIVE FRANCE!

[(Anonymous)]

Brilliant. Why haven't they thought of that yet?

RAGE! RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

I think it's interesting that there's so much response to the American response to the French---which is, I have to say, stupid---but almost no criticism of the fact that France fostered a long economic relationship with Hussein, longer after the US had realized he was not, in fact, the lesser of two evils.

I couldn't get that link to work, perhaps you could repost it. And here's one, too. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/11/opinion/11JORD.html

With all the recent revelations about body warehouses, murdered rivals, torture rooms, and so on, I have to wonder if people's opinions about the necessity for this war have changed. I have to say, watching the Iraqis both in Iraq and America, celebrating the downfall of the tyrant who oppressed them makes me wonder why those in the peace movement don't take the necessary steps to make that possible.

I can't comment about Hans Blix, but my boss' ex was on the team with him, and one of the places they went to has now been found to hold a massive nuclear R& D facility, which, needless to say, the inspectors never found. Then there are the mobile labs. The stories this woman tells could curl your hair. I can't call Blix foolish, but I do have to say that anyone, anyone who believes a dictator will behave honorably is criminally naive.

I'm just really curious, because so much of what's come out in recent days has not been commented on much by people who are anti-war. The nuclear facilities. The torture chambers. The murders and tortures of political opponents, then the ritual, almost-Mafia-like display of the bodies. The murder of POWS. The chemical weapons factory. The violation of the white flag, and so on. While the retarded US response to the French has been much commented on, French anti-semitism, and desecration of American graves remains a dirty secret. I don't even know how to say this, so I'm going to have to be blunt.

Are no wars justified then? If a war frees a people, is it still bad? For whatever reasons it was fought, if the end result is freedom, how, really, can that be bad?

And when war liberates a country, where protests do not, does it behoove the protesters to reconsider their methods? It just seems to me that if people really want peace, and know that people are dying, they owe those people some more strenuous action than just bitching about it.